ひく

Japanese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of ひく – see the following entries.

【引く】

[verb] (transitive) pull (something toward oneself)

[verb] (transitive) pull (along); drag; drag along; bring along while going somewhere

[verb] (transitive) bring (people) in; bring together

[verb] (transitive) pull out; stretch; spread (something over a surface or a distance)

[verb] (transitive) subtract; take away

[verb] (transitive) (of an illness) catch

[verb] (transitive) page through (a dictionary) to look up; look up

[verb] (intransitive) pull out; pull back; withdraw; retreat

[verb] (intransitive) to draw away from a person; to find someone repulsive; to be turned off

[conjunction] (mathematics) minus (subtraction)

【退く】	[verb] draw back, recede [verb] lessen [verb] retire Alternative spelling 引く

【弾く】	[verb] play (a stringed or keyboard musical instrument)

【轢く】	[verb] to run over (with a vehicle)

【挽く】	[verb] to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill

(This term, ひく, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ひく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひく.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 碾く.)